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MUSIC ADVOCACY'S TOP TEN FOR PARENTS
1. In a 2000 survey, 73 percent of respondents agree
that teens who play an instrument are less likely to have discipline
problems
Americans Love Making Music-And Value Music Education
More Highly Than Ever, American Music Conference, 2000. |
| 2. Students who can perform complex rhythms can also
make faster and more precise corrections in many academic and physical
situations, according to the Center for Timing, Coordination and Motor
Skills.
Rhythm seen as key to music's evolutionary role in human
intellectual development, Center for Timing, Coordination, and Motor
Skills 2000. |
| 3. A ten-year study indicates that students who study
music achieve higher test scores, regardless of socioeconomic background.
Dr. James Catterall, UCLA. |
| 4. A 1997 study of elementary students in an
arts-based program concluded that students' math test scores rose as their
time in arts education classes increased.
"Arts Exposure and Class Performance," Phi Delta Kappan, October,
1998 |
| 5. First-grade students who had daily music
instruction scored higher on creativity tests than a control group without
music instruction.
K.L. Wolff, The Effects of General Music Education on the Academic
Achievement, Perceptual-Motor Development, Creative Thinking, and School
Attendance of First-Grade Children, 1992 |
| 6. In a Scottish study, one group of
elementary students received musical training, while another other group
received an equal amount of discussion skills training. After six
months, the students in the music group achieved a significant increase in
reading test scores, while the reading test scores of the discussion
skills group did not change.
-Sheila Douglas and Peter Willatts, Journal of Research in
Reading, 1994 |
| 7. According to a 1991 study, students in schools
with arts-focused curriculums reported significantly more positive
perceptions about their academic abilities than students in a comparison
group.
-Pamela Aschbacher and Joan Herman, The Humanitas Program
Evaluation, 1991 |
| 8. Students who are rhythmically skilled also tend to
better plan, sequence, and coordinate actions in their daily lives.
-"Cassily Column," TCAMS Professional Resource Center, 2000. |
| 9. In a 1999 Columbia University study, students in
the arts are found to be more cooperative with teachers and peers, more
self-confident, and better able to express their ideas. These
benefits exist across socioeconomic levels.
-The Arts Education Partnership, 1999 |
| 10. College admissions officers continue to cite
participation in music as an important factor in making admissions
decisions. They claim that music participation demonstrates time management,
creativity, expression, and open-mindedness.
-Carl Hartman, "Arts May Improve Students' Grades," the
Associated Press, October, 1999. |
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